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Rudderow

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ClassRudderow class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-224
BuilderPhiladelphia Navy Yard
Launched1943-10-14
Commissioned1944-05-14
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 15 January 1947. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Rudderow
USS Rudderow (DE-224) underway off the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 15 July 1944 (19-N-69261).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rudderow, hull DE-224, belonged to the Rudderow class of destroyer escorts. Philadelphia Navy Yard laid her down on 15 July 1943 and launched her on 14 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 14 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Malcolm W. Greenough.

Her Pacific duty took her to Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, Luzon, and Lingayen. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 15 January 1947. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.